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    The surname Quon

    A Chinese surname, carried by 1,282 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex Q500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Quon is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    From Chinese An alternative spelling of the names more commonly rendered as Kwan and Kuan.

    One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,282 people named Quon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,831 Americans. That is down 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,330.

    #20,648
    rank among US surnames
    1,282
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #18,965)

    Who is named Quon

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    81% of people named Quon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.2% as two or more races and 6.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 81%
    • Two or more races 7.2%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Quon

    Quon has the Soundex code Q500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q500.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Quon come from?
    From Chinese An alternative spelling of the names more commonly rendered as Kwan and Kuan.
    How common is the surname Quon?
    1,282 people in the United States had the surname Quon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,831 Americans. It ranked 20,648th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Quon?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Quon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.2% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Quon getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,330 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,282 in 2010, down 3.6%.
    What are other spellings of Quon?
    Kuan, Kwan, Kwon, Kuon, Quan and Qwan.